Vitamin E / editor-in-chief, Gerald Litwack.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

RXR: from partnership to leadership in metabolic regulations -- Intersection between the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)- and retinoic acid-signaling pathways -- Role of retinoic acid in the differentiation of embryonal carcinoma and embryonic stem cells -- Metabolism of retinol during mammalian placental and embryonic development -- Conversion of [beta]-carotene to retinal pigment -- Vitamin A-storing cells (stellate cells) -- Use of model-based compartmental analysis to study vitamin A kinetics and metabolism -- Vitamin A supplementation and retinoic acid treatment in the regulation of antibody responses in vivo -- Physiological role of retinyl palmitate in the skin -- Retinoic acid and the heart -- Tocotrienols in cardioprotection -- Cytodifferentiation by retinoids, a novel therapeutic option in oncology: rational combinations with other therapeutic agents -- Effects of vitamins, including vitamin A, on HIV/AIDS patients -- Vitamin A and emphysema.